Chris Annakis with his Chandler Medal.

East Ringwood young gun James Belo rounded out the top three with 17 votes, while South Croydon forward Max King, Bulldogs teammate Trent Zomer and Rowville ruckman Michael Sikora each finished on 15 votes.

“Overall consistency is what you aim for, to have a consistent season and I thought this year was one of my more consistent seasons,” Annakis said.

“As long as you keep doing what you can do well, that’s what I assess myself (on).”

Annakis played his junior football with Doncaster East before transferring to Doncaster to play under-18s, proving to be a key cog in the Sharks’ rise from Division 3 in 2013 to the top-tier in the space of three years.

“It has happened pretty quickly but there has been a core group of us from Doncaster that have really been behind it,” he said.

“We’re a bunch of good mates, too, off the field … the sky is the limit for us and we’re going to achieve whatever we can in the next few years.”